Miomir Kecmanović, the Serbian tennis player, defeated Ergi Kirkin 2:0 (6:2, 6:2) in Niš’s Čair and brought Serbia a 1:0 lead in the Davis Cup World Group match against Turkey, and after the match, he summarized his impressions.
“I think I played quite well, I was happy with how I played, that I brought the first point to the team. I played quite well, I hope Hamad can lead us to a 2:0 lead,” said Kecmanović at the beginning.
He had great support from the crowd in Niš:
“It means a lot to me, it’s never easy to play in front of our crowd, when they expect me to win, I feel the responsibility as the first player and captain. I try to give more in the singles.”
With the absence of Novak Đoković, Kecmanović became Serbia’s number one racquet, and he pointed out that it did increase the pressure, but…
“The pressure is greater because it is now expected of me when he is not here, it is not a match like when we played in Malaga. It is a little more difficult, but I am glad to have the honor of leading this team.”
A reminder followed of the loss in the Davis Cup semifinals to Italy:
“That was one of the hardest days, and I believe for others as well based on their reaction. I have never felt something like that before, we were broken. It was expected of Novak to win everything, I played incredible matches, when I beat Musetti, we thought Novak would solve it. It was not meant to be then, for us to be in the strongest lineup next year and to fight for something like that again.”
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He also revealed the events “behind the scenes” of the national team:
“We haven’t heard from Nole, he made it to the semifinals, so he was busy and not available. He always supports us when he’s not here, the same with Duci and Laslo, we always stick together. Even though some players are not here, we have unity and together we are trying to get to the same goal. I believe we can with the full lineup.”
Finally, he also touched upon the crowd’s chants – “pump up”:
“What is heard from the stands, I wasn’t following, because I was only concentrated on doing what was expected of me. People are more and more angry, furious. A truly reasonable reaction, I hope that passions will manage to calm down and that it will be safe. This kind of method and approach toward people will not lead us anywhere, we will only get more depressed.”
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